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生真面目 (きまじめ) — serious | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

生真面目

きまじめ

na-adjective

Meanings

1serious
2sincerity
3overserious
4deeply sincere
5very earnest

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Kanji in this word

生Life, Genuine, Birth5 strokes 真True, Reality, Buddhist Sect10 strokes 面Mask, Face, Features9 strokes 目Eye, Class, Look5 strokes

More words with 生

生臭いなまぐさい · smelling of fish or bloodN1 生身なまみ · living fleshN1 再生さいせい · playbackN1 (花を〜) 生ける, 活ける(はなを～) いける · to arrange (flowers)N1 新入生

Full entry on Jisho

しんにゅうせい ·

new student

N1

生死せいし · life and deathN1

生計せいけい · livelihoodN1

生温いなまぬるい · lukewarmN1

More words with 真

真珠しんじゅ · pearlN1 真ん円いまんまるい · perfectly roundN1 真下ました · right underN1 真っ二つまっぷたつ · in two equal partsN1 真ん前まんまえ · right in frontN1 真ん丸いまんまるい · perfectly circularN1 真っ白まっしろ · pure whiteN2 真実しんじつ · truthN1

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